Goal: Understand that bullying can affect us all, sometimes in the simplest of ways, like how we treat our peers
Time: 30 min
Materials: decks of cards, "To This Day" half sheets.
Lesson: 1. Bullying can take many forms and affect people in different ways. Watch this powerful film, a spoken word
2. Explain that we are going to do an activity to illustrate the many different forms of bullying. Each person is going to get a different playing card.
Do not look at your card or tell anyone else what their card is
Everyone should place the card on their forehead with the face of the card facing away from their heads
Explain that when they are told to they will begin to mingle with each other but treat everyone based on the "face value" of their card. For example, low cards (2-5) don't get much attention or are avoided, mid-range cards (6-10) are treated with respect but not overly lauded, royal cards (J, Q, K, A) are the best of the deck--those cards are the ones you try to hang out with, treat well and are "super cool".
3. Pass Out Cards- Allow students to mingle for several minutes treating others based on face value. Call for their attention and then have students divide into groups based on how they have been treated, low cards, mid-range and royalty. (Still without telling anyone what their card is)
4. Discuss how it doesn't take very long to figure out what "group" you belong to based on how people treat you.
Ask members from each group why they felt like they belonged in that group and how people made them feel.
5. Have students take the cards off their foreheads and check to see if they are correct in guessing which level card they have.
6. Discuss the "Golden Rule" and how everyone should expect to be treated like royalty, but in return should treat everyone else like royalty as well, not as "low cards."
7. Have students spend the last few minutes writing and decorating the To This Day/ I Will Stop Bullying Cards (these will be used in a bulletin board display). They can put their name, or keep in anonymous. Their sentence fill in may be similar to that of the video author (i.e. To This Day I hate porkchops because of being teased and made fun of. I will stop bullying by not being a bystander and reporting an issue). The "To This Day" statement can be something personal or just something that they believe in (i.e. To This Day I believe gossip is cruel. I Will Stop Bullying by not spreading gossip).
Time: 30 min
Materials: decks of cards, "To This Day" half sheets.
Lesson:
1. Bullying can take many forms and affect people in different ways. Watch this powerful film, a spoken word
2. Explain that we are going to do an activity to illustrate the many different forms of bullying. Each person is going to get a different playing card.
3. Pass Out Cards-
Allow students to mingle for several minutes treating others based on face value. Call for their attention and then have students divide into groups based on how they have been treated, low cards, mid-range and royalty. (Still without telling anyone what their card is)
4. Discuss how it doesn't take very long to figure out what "group" you belong to based on how people treat you.
5. Have students take the cards off their foreheads and check to see if they are correct in guessing which level card they have.
6. Discuss the "Golden Rule" and how everyone should expect to be treated like royalty, but in return should treat everyone else like royalty as well, not as "low cards."
7. Have students spend the last few minutes writing and decorating the To This Day/ I Will Stop Bullying Cards (these will be used in a bulletin board display). They can put their name, or keep in anonymous. Their sentence fill in may be similar to that of the video author (i.e. To This Day I hate porkchops because of being teased and made fun of. I will stop bullying by not being a bystander and reporting an issue). The "To This Day" statement can be something personal or just something that they believe in (i.e. To This Day I believe gossip is cruel. I Will Stop Bullying by not spreading gossip).